Unveiling Environmental Disasters in Uzma Aslam Khan’s Trespassing (2003): An Eco-critical Study

Abstract

This paper explores Uzma Aslam Khan's novel Trespassing (2003) from an eco-critical point of view and attempts to unveil the reality of urbanization, modernity, and capitalism by showing their harmful effects on the living as well as non-living entities of the environment. Through the lens of Sessions' Deep Ecology (1995), the present study reflects Khan's environmental concerns. Trespassing (2003) demonstrates the domination of humans over the environment. It highlights the cruelty of human beings towards animals to meet their own ends. In light of deep ecology, the paper attempts to show the inherent worth and intrinsic value of non-human life. The textual analysis brings to light those parts of the novel which show harmful impacts of human progress on the environment. The present study aims to show interruptions of humans in the natural world which consequently lead towards environmental disasters and crises.